Category: Ecuador

The road way up high 4

Volcán Chimborazo

At 6310 meters, Volcán Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador, and there are a few fun pieces of trivia that go along with it: Because of the bulge in the Earth at the...

Looking North along the valley 11

Quito

Curiosity about the capital of Ecuador is too much and I decide to make a stop in Quito to have a look. Driving around the edge of town to avoid traffic works well until...

As close as I could get the Jeep 17

The Equator!

I’ve been very aware of my closing in on the magical line on the ground for the last couple of weeks and I’m pretty excited when I pull into ‘Mitad del Mundo’ (The middle...